Before you is the final volume of Alexander Osokin’s documentary and journalistic research, “The Great Secret of the Great Patriotic War.” Proving his hypothesis that on June 22, 1941, “the war that Stalin and Hitler were preparing for” began on June 22, 1941, the author recreated a picture of the first day of hostilities that was unique in detail. He collected and commented on facts and documents that largely changed textbook ideas about the events of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and the pre-war years. If some of Alexander Osokin’s versions seem paradoxical or even incredible to the reader, you should not wait for the hour when all the archives, safes, and “special folders” will hospitably open - and everything strange will become clear and everything secret will be revealed. Think, compare, draw conclusions yourself, your eyes are open. (Source: From the diary of the USSR Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Kingdom of Italy N.V. Gorelkin Source: .newsru.com/world/22apr2005/gitler.htmlSource: Corner of the Sky - Aviation Encyclopedia (www.airwar.ru/enc/bww1/tb1.html)Source: website “Aviation Industry of the USSR in 1941Source: .ec/b/217237/readSource: ://www.8oapvo.su/history-logs/80-16-rtbr.htmlSource: [15. pp. 17–24](M.: Voenizdat, 1968. pp. 181–183) From the source: